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<DIV>Thanks for the tip Roger. My first time at this upright stuff. I =
did not
think of that. I currently have all the butts and wippens off, so I will =
go
ahead and remove the back rail and complete my dampers before I install =
the
other stuff. What a pain having the piano 25 miles away. Your approach =
sounds
good. Do the dampers first while the action is clean and uncluttered =
with all
the other parts.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca =
href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca">jolly
roger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 26, =
2001 11:44
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Damper Lever =
Rebuild (tad
long)</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>I can =
understand
the experience thing. Good luck. I hope you learn a lot from this. =
As far as
the off center hole is concerned, I don't quite understand. The =
damper
flanges I have seen have the hole in the middle. But even if they =
are off
centered, you can use them, but then adjust the damper wire to move =
the
damper head over to the string. <BR><BR>Wim
<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><FONT size=3>Hi Wim and
=
Terry,<BR> &nb=
sp; &nbs=
p;
Replacing those off set flanges require a lot of wire bending to get =
all the
tri and bi cord wedges to seat correctly. To do the job well you =
really
should remove the hammer assemblies to get good access to the =
wire.<BR>FWIW On
major damper jobs, I usually remove the hammer assemblies and back =
rail.
That way I can see the bottom of the damper, and have lots of room for =
the
wire bending pliers, it does a better job. It should be =
noted that
the dampers are installed before the hammers, shanks, and back rail, =
in the
piano factories. <BR>It is faster to remove the butts, shanks and
hammers.<BR>Regards Roger</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>